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Letters Patent No. 72,072, dated December 10, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, R. B. MUssoN, of Champaign, in the county of Champaign, and State of Illinois,jhave invented a new and Improved Cleaner for Lamp-Chimneys, `&c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is' :L i full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same,

l reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, forminglpart of this specification. i

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' This invention relates to an improved cleaner for lamp-chimneys, bottles1 and other hollow-ware.

This cleaner consists of one or more strips of rubber, or other soft elastic substance, shaped so as to con- 1 form or adjust itsel'f' to the interior'w'alls of the article to be cleaned, and secured irre suitablehclder The accompanying drawing is a front view, partly'in section, of my improved cleaner. Similar letters of reference `indicate corresponding parts.

A, in the drawing, represents the holder to my improved cleaner. 'This holder, in the ,present instance, is

made ofwood, suitably turned at one end to form a handle, B, and from the other end, toward'isaid handle, split the handle with one hand, while the glass is held with the other. Instead of two strips, C and C', the rubber 3 might be in one piece, or in more than two pieces, the continuous out-line whereof is made to conform to'the bottle, as described.

I claim. as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentcleaner for lamp-chimneys', bottles, 'and other articles of a similar character, consisting of strips of rubber, or other soft elastic substance, secured to a hold-er, and arranged in manner andpfor the purposes substan. tially as above set forth and'rd'escribed.

' R.-B. MUSSON.

Witnesses:. A

-J. C. SEDGWICK, WILLIAM NASH.

C and C' are wings or strips of rubber, inserted in the split portion ofthe holder," and secured by the screws a or by `other suitablefastenings. These strips extend nearly the whole length of the glass to be cleaned, and project on both sides from said holdcr,V The projection of strip C, on 4one side 1l ofl the holdersis shaped to the interior wall of the bulging or globular portion of the chimney, andtheothel" strip, C", on the side opposite to C,V.is shaped to the glass on that side. The rubber projects also on the oppoi site side, as seen at c c, for the purpose'of' prerenting the holder A from coming in contact with the glass, thus i avoiding risk of' breakingthe same. The rubber cleaner being thus shaped-to the glass, is coverdarithdampr ened paper or rag, as is usual in cleaning glasses, and insertedin the chimney, and the latter cleaned by turning 

